The Living One

This tiny clump of tiny daffodils manages every year to push through the leaves of developing day lilies and rocks and breaking waves.
One of the differences in Luke's account of the resurrection (23:55-24:12) is that the name of Jesus is not mentioned.  The women stand in the empty tomb not knowing what to make of the absence of the body.  Suddenly two men dressed in brilliance appear to them and ask "Why do you seek the Living One among the dead?" That title tells us a lot about what the resurrection means for us.  Jesus is the Living One on that Easter morning and for forty days after that and for all the days after that down to today.  The crucifixion is a memory.  The Living One is a presence.
In the dying all around us and in the loneliness some experience confined at home the Living One is present with the comfort of his powerful love.
(The translation "living one" is from the revised edition of the New American Bible.)